UDWiki:Administration/Demotions

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This page is for system operators to request a demotion of status, or for enaction of demotion due to long-term inactivity. The act of demotion is restricted to those with bureaucrat status, and as such system operators will need to request their demotion here.

Guidelines for Demotion Requests

Request

System operators who wish to request demotion must consider these things before applying.

• Reason for demotion - As demotions cannot be reversed unless the user goes through promotions page again, the user is asked to make sure that they are making the correct decision when applying for demotion.

After a system operator has submitted his or her demotion request, the active Bureaucrats will review it, and after reaching a unanimous decision, choose to either demote the system operator deny his or her request. After action has been taken, the request will be moved to the archive.

Inactivity

main article: Policy Text

• A sysop that hasn't made any edit in four months will be warned, on their talk page, by a Bureaucrat, that they face demotion of their sysop powers in one week, if they remain inactive.
• One week after the warning has been placed, dependant on the actions of the sysop, the Bureaucrat will decide whether or not to carry out the demotion.

• This is to avoid, for example, the unlikely case of a sysop simply making a single edit with the aim of avoiding the demotion.
• The Bureaucrat is trusted and bound to make a fair decision, and not to demote a sysop who clearly demonstrates a return to activity on the wiki.

• Any demonstrable abuse of this power by a Bureaucrat, however unlikely, could (as with any other abuse of specific powers) be grounds for a Misconduct case.

• If the sysop makes no response at all to the warning, they must be demoted.

Requests for demotion still needing to be processed

There are no requests at this time.

Recent Actions

Z. slay3r

I am not in the condition to be an administrator anymore. I visit the site rarely and don't really contribute frequently enough to warrant the status of sysop. Maybe some other time. --ZsL 07:06, 9 June 2009 (BST)

Damn, you have been a great contributor in the time I've been here, and always helping out with those damn admin ques and small, annoying tasks. Assuming SA agrees, are you sure about being demoted? Linkthewindow  Talk  07:49, 9 June 2009 (BST)

Whether we agree or not, he will still be demoted. It's his choice, he just has to come back and say "I'm sure".--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 16:51, 9 June 2009 (BST)

Thanks for the compliments, but I'm sure. I might reapply for sysop in the future, if I become more active, though. --ZsL 19:51, 9 June 2009 (BST)

Thanks for your work here, you have been demoted.--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 20:15, 9 June 2009 (BST)

Sysop Activity Check

10:01, 27 May 2009 (BST)

• Total Sysops: 12 (excluding Kevan and Urbandead)

User	Position	Last Update
Kevan ‎	Bureaucrat, Sysop	immune
Urbandead	Bureaucrat, Sysop	immune
Linkthewindow (Contribs)	Bureaucrat, Sysop	2009-05-27
Suicidalangel (Contribs)	Bureaucrat, Sysop	2009-05-26
Boxy (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-05-27
Conndraka (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-05-27
DanceDanceRevolution (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-05-27
Daranz (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-05-17
Krazy Monkey (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-05-26
Nubis (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-05-25
Rosslessness (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-05-24
Swiers (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-04-28
The General (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-04-19
Zombie slay3r (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-04-14